The
exercises
presented
in
this
paper
are
part
of
a
"minds
on"
rather
than
a
"hands
on"
approach.
They
are
intended
to
complement
"hands
on"
activities
and
introduce
students
to
another
aspect
of
scientific
inquiry.
The
exercises
require
students
to
analyze
large
sets
of
real
data,
to
evaluate
the
data
critically,
to
observe
patterns
and
anomalies,
to
make
inferences
and
predictions
based
on
the
data,
...
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